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To mark last month's 40th anniversary of the Apollo X "lunar landing dress rehearsal" mission, the Science Museum in London opened its command module Charlie Brown to visitors. This was a one-day only ...

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Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Marking time has long been a human obsession - from the first rudimentary cave markings to wall planners, desk diaries and computerized charts, calendars have always been with us. Now scientists at ...

Cincinnati is the fifth and final stop for the historic command module before it returns to the National Air and Space Museum. It's the only portion of the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft to return to ...

The astronaut helmed Columbia solo as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon. “Today the nation lost a true pioneer and lifelong advocate for exploration in astronaut Michael Collins,” ...

Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut dubbed “the loneliest man in history” for his role piloting the orbiting command module during the first Moon-landing Apollo mission, died on April 28 at the ...